Rehabilitation is a global health priority

• Allen W. Heinemann ^[1] ; Michael Feuerstein ; Walter R. Frontera ^[4] ; Steven A. Gard ^[1] ; Leonard A. Kaminsky ; Stefano Negrini ^[2] ; Lorie Gage Richards ^[3] ; Catherine Vallée ^[5]
  1. [1] Northwestern University

     Northwestern University

     Township of Evanston, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Università degli Studi di Brescia

     Università degli Studi di Brescia

     Brescia, Italia

     
  3. [3] University of Utah

     University of Utah

     Estados Unidos

     
  4. [4] Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Sports Medicine, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan
  5. [5] Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City

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• Localización: American Journal of Occupational Therapy, ISSN 0272-9490, Vol. 74, Nº. 2, 2020
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Optimizing functioning at all ages is a major global public health goal. Rehabilitation is unique in its contribution to this public health agenda because of its focus on optimizing function. In this editorial, the editors of leading rehabilitation journals make the case for fully integrating rehabilitation into a nation’s health system and strengthening it specifically at the primary care level to increase access and achieve its full potential. Authors submitting papers to rehabilitation journals are encouraged to consider the global health policy implications of their research when they prepare their research reports for publication and to make these implications explicit.